Bale tie bundle



May 16, 1933. Q E JOHNSON 1,908,849

BALE TIE BUNDLE Original Filed Oct. 6, 1928 gwuemtoz 00]"Z E Jokes-on Patented May 16, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT oF uc CARL E. JOHNSON, 0F SPABROWS POINT, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA BALE TIE BUNDLE Original application filed October 6, 1928, Serial No. 310,898. Divided and this application filed March 27,

My invention relates to a new and improved manner of wrapping commercial packages or bundles, and is more particularly adapted for wrapping wire bale ties of well known type having an eye or loop formed at one end while the opposite end of the tie is left straight, although it is also adapted for use in wrapping bundles of straight and cut wire lengths or rods and the like material or other similar shaped bundles.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No. 310,898 filed October 6, 1928.

-Wire bale ties of the above mentioned type are formed in a bale tie machine which is adapted to make the finished tie and convey it into a receptacle where the ties are received and piled in parallel relation to each other with the heads at one end and the straight ends at the opposite end of the pile,

this continues until two hundred and fiic'ty bale ties have been formed, which is the number required for each bundle, the receptacle is then automatically tripped or dumped. This bundle is then inspected and prepared for shipment. Her-etofore it has been the practice to take the bundle of ties from the bale tie forming machine, cover each end of the bundle with burlap or the like protection material and secure the same thereto by means of a piece of wire which is given one or more turns around the sides of each of the burlapped ends of the bundle. As bale ties are of considerable length the intermediate portion of the bundle was similarly bound together, at intervals by short pieces of wire which is given one or more turns around the body of the bundle to form a ring and the ends twisted together. In handling and shipping these bundles which are of considerable weight, the larger sized bale tie bundles weighing approximately one hundred pounds, these binding rings become disarranged by sliding on the bundle and it has always been necessary after shipment or handling to redress the bundles, thereby entailing considerable additional time and expense.

My invention obviates this difficulty without increasing the cost of wrapping.

Serial No. 525,642.

With my improved manner of wrapping the bundles, I first apply the burlap to the loop ends of the bundle of bale ties and attach it thereto by wire in the usual manner. I then attach one end of a spool of wire to this burlapped end of the bundle and then wind it spirally and continuously around the bundle until it reaches nearly to the 0pposite end of the bundle where it is given two or more tight wraps around the bundle and cut off and then the end tied securely thereto. I then cover this opposite end of the bundle with burlap and attach it thereto in the usual manner. The bundle is then ready for shipment.

A machine for wrapping the bundles of bale ties and the like material is disclosed in the above mentioned parent application Serial No. 310,898.

Having thus given a general description of my invention, I will now, in order to make the same more clear, refer to the accompanying one sheet of drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the finished bale tie bundle;

Fig. 2 illustrates the first operation for wrapping the bale tie bundles in which the burlap has been applied to the loop end of the bale tie bundles and attached thereto by a wire which is given two turns around the bundle and then having their ends twisted together;

Fig. 3 illustrates the second step after the wrapping wire or binding strand has been secured to the end of the bundle shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 illustrates the opposite or straight ends of the bale tiebundle at the end of the wire wrapping and tying operation;

Fig. 5 illustrates the final operation after the burlap has been applied and'secured to the end of the bundle shown in Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 6 is a detail of one of the bale ties of which the bundle is composed.

Referring now to the characters of reference on the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates the package or bundle as a whole which in the present instance is illustrated as composed of a plurality of bale ties 2 each formed at one end with an eye or loop 3 while the opposite end 4 is left straight.

The bundle of bale ties are arranged in parallel relation to each other with the loop ends 3 at one end of the package or bundle and the straight end 4 at the opposite end. The loop ends 3 of the bundle of bale ties are first covered with burlap 5 or the like protective material and secured thereto by means of a piece of wire 6 which is given one or more turns around the sides, of the burlapped end of the bundle and the ends twisted together as at 7 and then bent fiat against the side of the bundle. The end of a wire binding strand 8 is now secured to the bundle by giving it one or more turns as at 9 around the sides of the end of the bundle between the wire 6 and the end of the bundle, the end being twisted around the body of the binding strand 8 as at 10. The binding strand 8 is now wound spirally around the bundle until it nearly reaches the opposite or straight end of the bale ties forming the bundle Where it is given several tight annular wraps as at 11. The last turn of said annular wrap being left loose as at 12 and the end of the strand wire cut ofi' as at 13 in the manner indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The end 13 is then twisted to the loose annular wrap 12 and bent fiat against the side of the straight ends of the bale ties forming the bundle as at 14. The strai ht ends of the bale ties are now covered with urlap 15 or similar protective material and secured thereto by means of a piece of wire 16 which is given one or more t lrns around the sides of the burlapped end of the bundle between the tie' for the end of the strand and the middle portion of the bundle, the ends of the wire 16 being twisted to ether as at 17 and bent flat against .the side end of the bundle and over the tie for the end of the binding strand, the extreme en d s of the wire 16 after forming the twist 17 being inserted through the side of the burlap covering 15 as indicated at 18 in Fig. 5.

By my improved manner of wrapping the bundles of bale ties, the bundles will always remain securely bound and the necessity for redressing the bundles after shipment and handling which has been required heretofore where binding rings have been used is obviated. 1

In this application I have illustrated and described my invention particularly as adapted to wrapping bale ties but I Wish it understood that bundles of other material may be wrapped in a similar manner if desired.

Although I have shown and described my invention in considerable detail, I do not wish to be limited to the exact and specific details shown and described, but may use such substitutions, modifications or equivalents thereof, as are embraced within the scope of my invention, oras pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. A commercial package composed of a bundle of bale ties, a covering secured to each end of the bundle, and a separate binding'strand wound spirally around the body of the bundle with its opposite ends secured near the ends of the package.

2. A commercial package composed of a bundle of bale ties assembled in parallel relation, a covering secured to one end of the bundle, a strand secured to the covered end and wound spirally around the body of the bundle to a point near the'opposite end of the bundle and secured thereto, and a covering secured over said opposite end.

3. Bundled bale ties composed of a covering secured to each end of the bundle of bale ties, and a separate strand wound spirally around the bundle of bale ties having its ends secured near the opposite ends of the bundle.

4. Bundled bale ties arranged in parallel relation, a covering secured to each end of the bundle of bale ties, a separate strand continuously wound spirally around the bundle of bale ties having its ends securednear the opposite ends of the bundle.

5. Bundled bale ties arranged in parallel I relation, aburlap covering secured to one end of the bundle, a strand having one end secured to the burlapped end of the bundle and continuously wound spirally around the bundle and secured near the opposite end of the bundle, and a burlap covering secured to the said opposite end of the bundle and terminal end of the strand.

6. A commercial package of cylindrical outline, a flexible covering wired to each end of the package, and a separate metal strand wound spirally around the package from end to end and secured thereto.

7. A commercial package, composed of a plurality of lengths of material assembled together in parallel relation, a covering wired to each end of the package, and a metal strand wound spirally around the body of the package with its ends. attached thereto between the wired covering connections and the ends of the package.

8. A commercial package of cylindrical outline, a covering wired to the ends of the package, a metal strand wound spirally around the package from end to end and secured at one end over the end covering between the Wired covering connection and the end of the package and at the opposite end under the end covering between the wired covering connection and the end of the package.

.9. A commercial package, composed of a plurality of lengths of material assembled J V p 1,908,849

together in parallel relation, a covering wired to one end of the package, a metal strand secured to the coveredend of. the package betweenthe wired covering connection and the end of the package and then wound spirally around the body of the package and secured near the opposite end of the package, and a covering Wired to the opposite end of the package between the secured end of the strand and the central portion of the package;

10. A commercial package of cylindrical outline, a flexible covering wired to one end of the package, a single metal strand secured over the covering between the wired connection and the end ofthe package and then Wound spirally around the body of the package and secured to the opposite end, a flexible covering for the opposite end of the package extending over the secured end of the metal strand and wired thereto between the secured end of the metal strand and the central portion of the packa e.

11. A commercial pac age composed of a bundle of bale ties or the like straight lengths of wire material arranged in parallel relation, a flexible covering wired to one end of the bundle, a wire strand having one end secured to the covered end of the bundle and continuously wound in open spiral turns around the body of thebundle to nearly the opposite end of the bundle and secured there" to, and a flexible covering wired to the said opposite end of the bundle and extending over the terminal end of the spirally wound strand wire.

In testimony whereof hereunto aflix my signature.

CARL E. JOHNSON. 

